linux php installation

To compile PHP

• $ cd /usr/src
• $ tar -zxvf php-4.3.0.tar.gz
• $ cd /usr/src/php-4.3.0
• $ ./configure –prefix=/wwwroot/php –with-apxs2=/wwwroot/bin/apxs –with-config-file-path=/wwwroot/php –with-mysql
• $ make
• $ make install

Now you have to edit Apache configuration file /wwwroot/conf/httpd.conf.

If  LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so line hasn’t been added by php install to /wwwroot/conf/httpd.conf, then you have to add it yourself. Add it somewhere below section named “Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support”

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4. Now add this line to /wwwroot/conf/httpd.conf file:

Add Type application/x-httpd-php .php

Start Apache now:

$ /wwwroot/bin/apachectl start

Now create a test PHP file using any text editor and add these lines to it:

Save it under /wwwroot/htdocs as info.php

Now test PHP installation by accessing file info.php:

http://localhost/info.php